RESEARCH VISION

Our vision is to establish a world-class limb lengthening and reconstruction program at BC Children’s Hospital (BCCH) in order to treat children with limb deformity with the best level of care available. We aim to maximize patient engagement to identify and address their needs and actively involve them as research partners. Our aim is to work directly with patients and families to answer clinical and research questions that matter to patients.

RESEARCH SUMMARY

Paediatric limb deformity represents a wide spectrum of devastating disorders affecting children. These include birth defects, the complications of severe infection in infancy and the late effects of trauma. Our multidisciplinary research program involves studies on quality of life, clinical outcomes, complications of limb reconstruction, and imaging in these patients.

INTERDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATIONS

BC Children’s Hospital is the highest volume pediatric limb deformity centre in Canada. We have been able to successfully create a multidisciplinary research program involving collaborations with Medical Genetics, Biochemical Diseases, Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Anaesthesia, Plastic Surgery, Medical Imaging, Bone Biology, Psychology, and Population and Public Health at hospitals and universities across Australia, Canada, Ethiopia, India, Netherlands, UK, and USA.